Patents by Inventor Sheng-Yi Wu

Sheng-Yi Wu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Combustor having a flow sleeve
    Patent number: 8359867
    Abstract: A combustor is provided and includes a liner through which fluid fed from at least two injection points flows from a head end to an interior of a transition piece, a first one of the at least two injection points being axially proximate to a fluid impenetrable coupling between the liner and the transition piece and defining apertures disposed in fluid communication with a first passage leading to the head end, and a second one of the at least two injection points being disposed axially between the apertures and the head end and upstream from the apertures relative to a direction of fluid flow through the first passage, the second one of the at least two injection points being formed of openings disposed in fluid communication with a second passage leading to the head end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ronald James Chila, Martin Ronald Watts, Sheng-Yi Wu
  • COMBUSTOR HAVING A FLOW SLEEVE
    Publication number: 20110247339
    Abstract: A combustor is provided and includes a liner through which fluid fed from at least two injection points flows from a head end to an interior of a transition piece, a first one of the at least two injection points being axially proximate to a fluid impenetrable coupling between the liner and the transition piece and defining apertures disposed in fluid communication with a first passage leading to the head end, and a second one of the at least two injection points being disposed axially between the apertures and the head end and upstream from the apertures relative to a direction of fluid flow through the first passage, the second one of the at least two injection points being formed of openings disposed in fluid communication with a second passage leading to the head end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ronald James Chila, Martin Ronald Watts, Sheng-Yi Wu
  • PATTERN COOLED COMBUSTOR LINER
    Publication number: 20100223931
    Abstract: A system, in one embodiment, includes a turbine combustor liner. The combustor liner includes a patterned surface at a downstream end portion relative to a downstream direction of combustion along a longitudinal axis of the turbine combustor liner. The patterned surface includes a plurality of discrete protrusions in both axial and circumferential directions about the downstream end portion relative to the longitudinal axis of the turbine combustion liner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ronald James Chila, Sheng-Yi Wu